Leawood, Kansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Kansas City (MO). It is located about 15 miles [24 km] to the north of Leawood and has a population of 441,545 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Overland Park. It lies just west of Leawood and has a population of 149,080 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kansas City	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	142,562	2.93% decrease
	Lawrence	W	34 mi [54.7 km]	90,520	13.01% increase
	Leavenworth	NW	32 mi [51.5 km]	34,729	1.95% decrease
	Lenexa	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	46,822	16.36% increase
	Olathe	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	119,993	29.08% increase
	Prairie Village	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	21,479	2.69% decrease
	Shawnee	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	60,954	27% increase
	Belton (MO)	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	24,591	13.17% increase
	Blue Springs (MO)	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	55,698	15.84% increase
	Gladstone (MO)	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	28,243	7.12% increase
	Grandview (MO)	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	24,033	3.41% decrease
	Independence (MO)	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	110,440	2.51% decrease
	Lee's Summit (MO)	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	84,208	19.11% increase
	Liberty (MO)	NE	25 mi [40.23 km]	30,568	16.53% increase
	Raytown (MO)	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	28,194	7.22% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Countryside	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Fairway	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	3,843	2.76% decrease
	Lake Quivira	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	941	0.97% increase
	Merriam	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	10,814	1.76% decrease
	Mission Hills	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	3,568	0.7% decrease
	Mission Woods	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	160	3.03% decrease
	Mission	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	9,765	0.39% increase
	Roeland Park	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	6,960	2.1% increase
	Westwood Hills	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	364	3.7% decrease
	Westwood	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,481	3.39% decrease
	Indian Village (MO)	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Loch Lloyd (MO)	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Martin City (MO)	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Raymore (MO)	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	17,703	58.83% increase
	Riverview Estates (MO)	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	---

Johnson County

Leawood is located in Johnson County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Johnson: Wyandotte, Jackson (MO), Cass (MO), Miami, Franklin, Douglas and Leavenworth.

While not sharing a border with Johnson, the following counties are close to Leawood: Clay (MO), Platte (MO) and Bates (MO).

Below are counties that are near Leawood (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Leawood:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Leawood
	Douglas County	W	Hesper	24 miles [38 km]
	Franklin County	SW	Wellsville	27 miles [43 km]
	Jefferson County	W	Buck Creek	36 miles [57 km]
	Leavenworth County	NW	Loring	16 miles [25 km]
	Linn County	S	Linn Valley	36 miles [57 km]
	Miami County	S	Bucyrus	13 miles [20 km]
	Wyandotte County	N	Grays Park	9 miles [14 km]
	Bates County (MO)	S	Drexel (MO)	28 miles [45 km]
	Cass County (MO)	S	Loch Lloyd (MO)	5 miles [8 km]
	Clay County (MO)	N	Harlem (MO)	14 miles [22 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas<3>

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